Pocahontas in the Woods
Pocahontas(circa 1595–1617) was a young Indian princess who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith by her people, the Powhatans. She was the “dearest daughter” of King Powhatan.
“… the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beat out his brains, Pocahontas the king’s dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death: whereat the Emperor was contented he should live to make him hatchets, and her bells, beads, and copper; …” (Memoirs of Captain John Smith).
Afterwards, Princess Pocahontas befriended the English colonists at Jamestown, whom she came to love, and became a Christian. Captain John Smith credited her with saving the Jamestown settlement from starvation.
“Now every once in four or five days, Pocahontas with her attendants, brought him so much provision, that saved many of their lives, that else for all this had starved with hunger. Thus from numb death our good God sent relief, The sweet assuager of all other grief.” (Memoirs of Captain John Smith)
The American princess married one of the colonists, John Rolfe, becoming Rebecca Rolfe and she travelled to England where she was entertained as royalty. She died young, in England, leaving a baby son to be raised by relatives there.
The real Pocahontas has become lost in the legends that have grown up around her short life. Here she stands overlooking the James River of Virginia, from whence appeared those first English sailing ships in 1607. Here she stands, planted on her own sod where her moccasin clad feet skipped and danced so many centuries ago. However, even this statue of her at Jamestown Island, Virginia, has transformed her into something she was not – an Indian maiden of the American plains.
Her mortal remains are planted on a foreign shore across the great sea, at Gravesend, England, as she died on a ship headed back to her native Virginia. Learn about “Pocahontas and the Red Bollings,” watch Neddy’s slide show of Jamestown 2007.
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Lissie Warholized
Granny Neddy has been forbidden to post pictures of Lissie on the Internet, so here’s hoping that no one recognizes the little girl in my Warhol creation.
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Count the Layers
Beautiful Rusty Iridescence
Captured upon the skin of the old red caboose at Haymarket, Virginia, these beauteous iridescences can be created only by the undisturbed oxidation of iron underneath of the painter’s finished handiwork. How many coats of vermilion have been flaked away thusly by such acts of nature during the lifetime of the old caboose? It is a constant struggle between man, the elements and time.
Count the layers,
Count the years,
Count the struggles,
Count the tears.
Say goodbye when counting ends;
Say goodbye.
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The Dove of Peace
Flying High o’er the Home of the Great American Warrior, General George Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia
As a young career soldier, George Washington claimed that he “loved the sound of whistling bullets.” Thirty years and many battles later, the same George Washington placed a dove of peace symbol on his home’s cupola.
The original Dove of Peace weathervane was made by Philadelphian Joseph Rakestraw in the summer of 1787, soon after George Washington ordered it, and was immediately sent to Mount Vernon. The actual vane was in the shape of a dove of peace, its copper body framed or bound with iron strips. In the beak of the dove was an olive branch fashioned from a sheet of iron. The bird measured forty inches long with a wing span of thirty-five inches. Washington wrote to his nephew George Augustine Washington, 12 August 1787, that “The bill of the bird is to be black and olive branch in the mouth of it is to be green.”
Mount Vernon later stopped maintaining Washington’s color scheme, covering the body of the bird with gold leaf to deter further corrosion to its original copper and iron construction. Today, the original Dove of Peace is displayed in Mount Vernon’s new museum, while a replica has been installed upon the mansion’s cupola.
From whence came this “Dove of Peace” carrying an olive branch?
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False Face
Just Who Is That Masked Girl?
“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, because I’m not myself, you see” said Alice.
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Quilted Windmill
This is a from a large quilted wall hanging in Willemstad City Hall, Willemstad, the Netherlands. The image, Quilted Wind Mill, was originally uploaded by barneykin. It is posted here from Neddy’s .
Madonna
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Washington, DC, December 2005. Blogged, July 2006 at Neddy’s World.
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17th Street Cat
Corcoran Art Gallery, 17th Street, Washington DC
I always pass a gigantic pair of lions as I walk down 17th Street from the Farragut North Metro station. This day I decided to stop and take a closer look at Leo and his mate.
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Aircraft Carrier
The oil painting of the USS Ronald Reagan is on display at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, where President Reagan is buried. This ship is a magnificent tribute to a great leader and defender of freedom for mankind.
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